Objective: To assess the accuracy of preoperative staging of rectal cancer with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and illustrate the correlation of MR imaging with pathologic findings and clinical impact of MR imaging in this setting. Methods: Total of 447 patients with rectal cancer between 01.04.2009-31.03.2010 underwent MRI in our department. 76 patients with suspected or confirmed rectal car...

OBJECTIVE To summarise the results of transanal endoscopic microsurgery for the treatment of rectal villous adenoma and early rectal tumours. DESIGN Prospective study. SETTING Regional hospital, Hong Kong. PATIENTS Consecutive patients between November 1995 and January 2003. INTERVENTION Transanal endoscopic microsurgery. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Intra-operative morbidity and mortality, ...

Surgery is the definitive tool in the management of patients with rectal carcinoma. Early failure of treatment remains problematic and is manifest in local recurrence. Development of surgical techniques and inclusion of other treatment modalities aim to reduce the incidence of local recurrence and improve survival. This article examines the role of radiotherapy in the management of patients wit...

Diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is one of the most common acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)-defining malignancies among human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients, and rectal cancer has recently emerged as a prevalent non-AIDS-defining malignancy. We report a case of rectal squamous cell carcinoma that was metachronous with DLBCL in an HIV-infected patient who was receiving h...

Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) represents 85% of lung cancer. The most frequent sites of distant metastasis are the liver, adrenal glands, bones and brain. Gastrointestinal metastases are uncommon and rectal metastases are extremely rare. Here we report a case of squamous cell carcinoma of the lung with rectal metastases.

thickness penetration involving the rectal mucosa, as seen in this patient, is even more unusual but critical to recognize as these findings on endoscopy and CT can easily be mistaken for a primary rectal carcinoma [2] . Given that treatment of these two entities is completely different, a high index of suspicion and histologic confirmation are essential in order to avoid inappropriate radical ...

PURPOSE Review of pathological anatomy of the carcinoma recti in its relation to the nature of the operation necessary for removal of the growth in early XX th century. METHODS We searched BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL (1910) using the medical subject headings “carcinoma recti” and “operative treatment”. CONCLUSION Rectal cancer rate of malignancy in elder patients is not high. The prognosis is bette...